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Forty minutes before they were.
scheduled to picket the Royal Bank’s.
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the Clydesdale Estates Residents Asso-
ciation received a phone call and follow-
up fax from Bruce Jones, V.P. of per-
sonal financial services B.C. and Yukon...
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band council and the Wilson family.
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Federal Court April 15 and 16 before Mr.
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make a ruling in two to four weeks—so far no word.

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Wednesday, May 20, 1998

responds

Gary McKnight and the rest of the residents of Clydesdale Estates are in a.
holding pattern until a federal court judge makes a ruling on their case. oe

“We veil help them i in some fashion, thisisa very unfortunate .
" Sipation: (but) like the residents, the bank i is an’ innocent third
party, victims of (Tsartlip) band infighting” © a
‘Asked if the Royal Bank will be revisiting or changing any ofi its

‘procedures related to developments on First Nations’ land, Jones
_ said the*financial institution has financed thousands of such."
homes across the province in the past with’ no problem. - oes

“We're part of 14 developments (like Clydesdale Estates). on

a Vancouver Island alone, and this is the first time: this has hap: —
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